Moraea algoensis Goldblatt

Plants 200-400 mm high. Corm 10-15 mm diam.; tunics of medium to coarse, netted fibres. Stem 2-to 4-branched, branches flexed away from axis and often all facing to one side, sheathing leaves 35-40 mm long, with dry, brown, long attenuate tips. Foliage leaf solitary, linear, ± basal, channelled, exceeding stem and trailing distally, mostly 2.5-3.5 mm wide. Rhipidial spathes attenuate, with brown membranous margins and tips, inner 40-50 mm long, outer spathe ± 1/2 as long. Flowers dark blue to violet, outer tepal limbs with yellow nectar guides at bases, ± half reflexed; outer tepals 25-28 x 9-10 mm, claws slightly shorter than limbs, inner tepals blue to purple to brown, 6-10 mm long, with ovate or broadly 3-lobed limbs ± 3 mm long. Filaments ± 4 mm long, united in lower 3 mm, diverging in upper 1 mm; anthers ± 4 mm long; pollen usually orange-red. Ovary ± ellipsoid, ± 6 mm long; style branches ± 5 mm long, crests linear, 6-8 mm long. Capsules and seeds unknown.